Blended

It’s difficult to write a review for a movie where any mention of the genre is a spoiler. It only happens in romantic comedies, and that is Blended all over.

The flick feels familiar because, not only is it another reunion for Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, but they aren’t the only Hollywood has-beens involved: this storyline has been washed up, thrown out and trampled on so many times it’s hard to keep count.

The African scenery is, unfortunately, a highly westernised view of Africa, and while the super-imposed safari animals are almost convincing, the human acting is not. Barrymore and Sandler movies just seem like an excuse for them to kiss every 10 years. (AE)

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BY ALEXANDRA ENGLISH